Air Force reveals look of new Long Range Strike Bomber

The Air Force on Friday unveiled the look of its new Long Range Strike Bomber, as well as its official designation: the B-21.

The bomber, which will be built by Northrop Grumman, does not yet have an official name, Air Force Secretary Deborah James said.

{mosads}”We have an image, we have a designation, but here’s what we don’t yet have: We don’t yet have a name,” James said at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Fla.

James said the Air Force would collectively name the B-21. 

“I’m calling on every airman today — we want our active duty, our National Guard, our Reserve, our civilians, our family members,” she said. 

“We’d like all of you to give us your best suggestion for a name for the B-21, America’s newest bomber.”  

The Air Force awarded the contract to build the B-21 to Northrup on Oct. 27, to be fielded in the mid-2020s. 

“Our fifth general global precision attack platform will give our country a networked-sensor shooter capability, enabling us to hold targets at risk in a way the world and our adversaries have never, ever seen,” James said.